Agar-agar, used in labs to grow microbes and in ice creams, is obtained from which two genera?
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Correct answer: Gelidium and Gracilaria
Gelidium and Gracilaria are red algae (Rhodophyceae) from which agar is commercially extracted. Agar is an important solidifying agent in microbiology and food technology.
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